Imagine an environment surrounded by negativity. It is like to walk into a trap, where the only way to not lose what really matters [our mind] is to deal with the consequences of the trap. It is like the conditioning experiment performed by the famous Psychologist B. F. Skinner, which is called Skinner Box, where pigeons were conditioned regarding their reactions to the stimuli provided. When the environment around us is manipulated, we have to get conscious we walk to a trap, where our interpretation is what really matters in order to not harm others.

The Skinner Box is a controlled experiment, where all aspects of the environment were manipulated to perform conditioning on pigeons. Imagine we are pigeons in the middle of the Skinner Box experiment. That is the sensation we get when we are surrounded by obnoxious people, which the goal is to get us out of mind by any means required.

In an environment full of deception the first thing is to get conscious about what is in the surroundings. It is to deal with a malicious environment, such as the one described by the Byzantine Generals Problem specified by Robert Shostak, where some of the generals do not take the agreed decision. We have to expect lies, deception, manipulation, all negativity together, which is a great test to our mind training.

No matter how negative is the environment, how much deception is within, the ultimate goal is to not harm others. That is what really matters, and that is the expected result of our mind training. It is to act with kindness, love and compassion. It is to recognise we are not able to diminish negativity but we have to deal with it anyway. It is to do the best we can with the resources we have at hand.

Without mind training, the more we are exposed to negativity, the high is the probability we get contaminated by it. We have to realise it, and we have to embrace our capability to be conscious about every situation we experience.

The moment we realise everything is impermanent, and at constant change, it is the moment we recognise no two beautiful houses are built in the same way.

Namaste 💓💓💓💓💓💓💓


Written by Jeferson Souza (thejefecomp).

 

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